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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A.&. Paddock. U. S. Sonator, Ucatricc.
A wis salndkks, L . senator, Omaha.
T. .1. Majoru K.. Pern. .
K. IC. Valkntixb, Kcp., AN oM Point. .
STATE DIKKCTOKY:
ArmiNUS Xaxck. Governor, Lincoln.
J..T. Avna.T. Secretary of Mute.
V.VT. LitMltk". uclitor. Lincoln.
O.M HitrtMt, Tif imrer. Lincoln.
C .1 1llnrth. AtUM-iwy-fieHP-ral.
S." IS. Thhmmh. Ji. l'wMic Inriic.
H. C. DhH'oh. Warden oi Penitentmry.
W. V.'. Al.v- I "ri-on I-.iH?ctor.
C. II. C.ohM. i ' , . .
Dr.-1. O. Dvi-. Prit.m l'ky-teiam.
II. P. MiUmw-mi. ?wK- Infant' AsyUtw.
JUDICIARY:
S. WXolt. CWor -nter.
iVMIf-it C'oWi.
1K'KT .irtciA. non'HlcT.
;. U. P-t,Jwd.-. York.
&.l. K"-. Iltrirt AUrHCT, Unkoo.
LA'I ol'rMriSlW:
a. It. U-i KTtter, OranA T-Uinl.
"VTm. Ahvhb. ltevier. Cnm 11ih.
rorxTV DiKKtToit
-. .JHwri-.4,t"Mtj jtVSes-"
J4ii Stauin r. l -ihv l.-i-L
.IPmiih. Ti -Jwi r.
k.
-i"jsr"!clmn rrriMi- - -
K. L. ito-Mer, s4irv-.-. . . . r
.!IM Walker, V otiu' A VnWi--iofi.r..
lr. A. lfoin.t
Crner. . ,
jJii
i H ZAcifx
rthel'oftee.
Okir-, AVake. ( otMnMr.
nTYninr.cfOKY:
A. Sjire. Moi.
.lk AVi-riniitk. Clerk.
Ckrl' AVake. lar-kn.- i , j 1
C. A. XeH-man, Ti-ot $iiyr.
S. JS. McAHMi-r. Poliee .Suilse.
.1. O. liiutoM, KnciMoer.
mt Ward .1. K. rtk.
O. A. Sehroeder.
M IPunTR.
C. KavnHu:k.
I!. Henry.
8
Uaker,
Bui-gu.t
V
ii
ColtinitKiH Et OCHce.
'jttW Su Smiaaj lr-m 11 a.m. !o2i.
AhJI rmm :S i.. v. v. r.H-ine-.
hKt evecpt ShikIij a M to , . M.
KturiytiKii- ib'ie at 11 a. m.
fWMirn iS1p 8oie ut J:1fi r.sfl
5(il leave-Columbus for Madit-ou and
Xwrfwlk. lail.s uxecpl Sunday, at 10
a.m. Arwi"j kt 4 :." h; Mf
Fwr ioMite. Cciiou. AVteriJle and Al-
W, dxilv r. ( MllliJ t A. M. Al-
Hve, vnme.fi '.M.
Fr Onwola and York.Tiu -4a .,Tl,r-
dv aturIak, 7 A.M. Arries
.Monday . UVJu?d3r himJ Pritlarh,
Ilr Wwilf, Kariil and P.nVtie i'iwk,
JTh4h. AVertiu-srtaj and 1'iidoy,
C a.m. Arrixri- Tin ii" , TliAi-tla -RHd
Saturday s. at ( v. a.
Bw SlM)h Grenlf, ,ie..in and.SUintoH,
' on" JlflnU j 'and 1 iSay Wt'fi a.m.
Arrives TueMtaih jnd satUidajt, at
0 r. si. r
Pk- Alio. Paticn and laid "it,
TMdayj, Thui.i3v. aiul uturdavs,
1 v.t ' Arrhe at2i.:
VwSt? Ami!j.TiafiiiHin and ?t.
vBrinad.iatul, T A." JM. Arrfes
Piiday. 3r.f.
4 'JX'" TiisMsrnfcle.
Easturijjjlnuti4t.f . -
ttiii;rlntTiN.'fi. lVs1if '" C, :?'. irt.
P--eHs-r, ' A. " " 11:Wa.in.
Froijriit, " " 2:1. p.m.
l-reigfct, ' 10, . t:2Aa. in.
ir8i(Mr7 lUrt'Hi.
FiIrtt. No. .', lei.5 "Wp.in.
PfciK'r, " . " -1:27 p. in.
Fr4rWt, " !. " ""- - l;:W)p.m.
ibMtgraui, "7. " " l:30a. m.
Uvory day e-ept SUlrlay the thiee
"Mne- leiliM t Chiraeo conneet with
I 1. train- nM'iHdlMi. On iturdy-
tMie Hill be but one train a !n, a-
s4hwii bv the folloHin schedule:
BUSINESS CAEDS
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Ji.
.X. E3S'XS;.
XUTAlir rrHLic.
12l It 'Street, 2 tleorx wt f Hatiraond Hob1,
ChmVs. X'b. W-y
Er. K. B
NEi,
P2iyseaa.
and
Snrscpoii.
TOftee open
at all hour-
M
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rti.isEs;
Dtnl'r i SEA I. ES TA TE,
CONVETANCER. COIlIiECTOR.
TfK.0 V. TCANTK CO., ... T.U.
7"IEMIJJt PTOT.CE4.t'ep constantly
Ji en hand aiul tlirnisk in the wall.
Xk best or brick. Older--olicited. Ad-TOi-,
as above, box Kt. Colninbns. 47.
" pTcTUHES! PICTURES! '"
.0,U IS TIIK TIMC to s-eenru a life
IN ljkf-picture ot onr-elf and Chil
ean Mt the Xph Art Itoim-. oci-t 11th
siroet.outh ido Btchoad U aek. ColHin-
6-. Xtbika.
ir-r "i!r S. A. .Tn.-SK1.YN.
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"F YOl have any roal e-tate lor -ale.
Jj if you mh ta'bux cither in or out
ot-the'-oitvr if yu-wi-h to-tmde rity
prferty for"lniid. .or lamU for city
propel t j . si e u- a call.
" WaPSWOKTII & Jo-sEI.YN.
s
IMPSOX & LINLEY,
ATTOllXEYS A T LA W,
Will practiuc in all the court of the
State. Prompt attention pu-n to all
business ottrus-td to his care.
. Ojfic: Ou Hth stroet, opposite I.in
A9U. Htei. 47tl-Gm
NllllbOX MILtCTT. BYROJf StlLLKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
X.JISLLCTTSOX, "
1 TTOUNEYS AT LAW, Columbu,
Xll -Xobraska. N. P.. They will give
olpe attention to all business entrusted
tolhqm. 21.
:T
. S. MURDOCK Ss SOX,
. pprpenters ond .Contractors,.
JIajc.had an extended experience, analj
.IU finurau7ee sati-nction in MorK.
Xll1 kvnrtof rt pairln?" done on'ShoTt
Vnil Our rilotlo 1s,sGoqd Vork'ancl
"fJtr'priccsICall ami ivejis'an oppor-
rtitThabie'ti"n',:,,; f'T voil. S3"ShUp'at
the B'ic ynduiiU. Colii'uibus'Vcbr:
.SLjllirryu. iry tftft
r?-Fki?il.,,e5JjJ
'iMTn jnneit.
QiRccon Thirteenth Street.
Opposite Engine House.CoIumbus.Ncb.
L'r tpricht Devtsch. 4H).x
V'ELLEY & SLATTERY,
- House Gloving:
nd house linildin done to order, ami
in uorJ:nmi-likeinHiiner. Please 'ive
Ms h omH. KfTSliop on coruer-of Olive
St. mill Pneilie A vi nue. 4STi tf
-irolIN IiriJKK. the mail-carrier he
ti tuecn Cohunhiix and Alliion, will
lee Columbus eeryday ixoeit Sun
Uy sit 6 .I'eloik. sharp, p iriup tiirouirh
Monroe. Genoa, W'aUr ille, and to Al
I'ion The Jiarlv will eill at eithet of
the Ilotelr lor pns-ongers if oriler-are
lolt at the jio.l-ollice. IIate reason
Hble.?2 to Albion. 2i2.1
GEOP.GE N. DBBEY,
CARRIAGE.
a?e? - - ,-.., t v:.. n.,:.. :.r
llUBTil & iM.ll i4iuui;ir,
t':iler EEnusisiPT
T,."TVTT.T T
TfJr-AH wci' v I'lant.il. Iif; oil
i(i:iu- v,,,i..,:,sii t!if fatter ill"
-t.'bSc. aprilij
'P0E SALE lOR TRADE !
", T 7 7? Q H Pffl i.Q
T r.n- of
1 luorSes 6i- Oxenv
OA3t!.3: !." 5 E'.S. ibtorbi.:
O at I be Omal f
43rt OKllKAltn A 7.UUvI.!:n.
SELLY & SLATTERY,
ifiiiis no CAflPErriB.
Ho:.ls iiuihK,LF in i:i:ai)1NIs
' lor in work in !n- line. lief. ie
httinj: tiir eAmrui- f-r '.uiildm if
anv I'.e-i-npti.'ii rill on oi .mure--, linn
at'Cdlll4i. N'b. I'l Fn-t-ela-M :lp.
Hi4itvis foi n.ii.nniL' ItuilUiiu.
I ('ohuiibus ileal JJai-km
VEBSR & KNOBEL, Prop's.
T7'I:i:P ON IIAXDhII kind of fre-h
XV meat. and smoked yoik and beef;
aIo fre-h tiih. 3!ake sausase a spec
ialtv. iSTISeineiiiber the iil-iev, Elev
enth St., one door weit ofn). ISyau's
hotel. -n-tf
tj G0.0D -CHEAP. BEICK !
T MY IMISinENCE.oiiShell Creek,
3L three mile- e.i-t of 2l.itthi-- bridge,
I hae
70,0;;) ood. hard-burn! ln-iclf
i k1
which will be -old in lot to -nit pui-
C 44S.tf" GEPKCK IIEXGOLEK.
2. :. zizzv. . . ;. 3. cjo:?.
OATiEW Ac C.UiP,
AtfojL'iiftys and Counselors at Law,
AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS.
Will ?io jirompt attention to. til busi
ness c!tru-td to them inthi-aiul ad
joining eUHtie. Collections iniide
tlHcfe on UtU stnet. oppo-ite Heinlz's
diu-toie, Columbus, Neb. priclit
I)tnteh Pailc ri.tiicia-.
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Chicago Barber Sltop,:
COLUMEUS, NEC.
IjTAHl CUTTING done in the latest
jl -tvlc-, AMth or without machine.
NoneVtU tlr-t-elas-s workman emplojc'd.
Ladie,-" and chUdieu'- h-tir tiittni a
specialty. Jiet or.tiul- ol eig.ir- con
sts:,tlv on baud.
" ' HEXHVWOOPS.
472 din Proprietor;
" DOCTOR B0KESTEEE.
coLt'Mnrs, : xfuraska.
( T
lriCi: IIOLIIS, lO to 12 a.jn.. 2'to
J- M n. 111.
and 7 to p. m. Ollice on
Nebra-ka Acnuu. three duor- north of
1.. .1. llakei"- 'rjin olfice. llesideiiee,
corner Woniiuz and Walnut street-,
north Cohimbii-, Nelir. -ir3.tf
Wn-hinston A?r., marly 02iiosllf Court House.
OAVING TO Till: CLOE TI.MEF,
meat will be old .it this market
low. low dow n'for cash.
lb?M -teak, per lb.. 10c.
ltibroavt, " . Sc.
Doik " . - f. K Gc.
3w o cants a pound more. than4the abo c
price will be charged on time, and that
ootl espo:iible parties only. 207.
R. SCHECK,
ilanufacturer and Dealer in
CISASS -AID-TOBACCO.
ah. irixns or
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Fierce Olite St., near the old rost -office
Columbus Nebraska. -tJ7-ly
MRS. Y. L. COSSEY.
Dress and Shirt Maker,
3 Doors We-t of StiliuianS Dm; More.
lre-c- and shirts cut and made to
order aiidttisfaction guaranteed. Will
al-o do pljin or fanc sew iug of any de
scription. JSTPPlOnS VEUY HKASONABLE.
Gire me a call and trv mv work.
2.VIy ' l j
I,AW, RSAIi ESTATE I
AND GKXEKAL I
C0LLECTI0N0FFICE,
-YV S. ODEE-K.
-x fOXEY TO LOAN in small lot on
it I, farm propern, time one to three
vear
Farms with -ome iuiprovemcnts
bought and sold. Ofce for the present
at the Clotlier Jlou-e. Columbus, Aco.
47S-X
GOLMBUS 1ICK TMD,
(Otic mile west of Columbus.) -,
9
4m m
THOMAS FLYNX & SON-, Propr's
GOPD; H ARD-BUR.MPBRICKi
Always oxx XTanl,ixi,-
QUANTITIES to.sait'PURCHASERS
rtl
SSfe
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COL'UMKUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. I). SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
ISTWholesale ind ISctail Dealer in For-
eiirn AVincs, Liquors and Cigars, Dub-
lin Stout, Scotch and LnlUh. Ales.
2S" Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
11th Stroot, Sonth of Dopot
Wm. SCHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOE'S!
complete aitortweat of Ladies' and Chll- -(iron's
Shoes kept on hand.
All Work Warranted!!
Sttr 3Boi:o Opoil
stock, excellent
work and t.ur nrice
1
1 Esp
ecial Attention paid to Repairing
:yiiosd lajii wt-..
I
roiir.Murs duug store.
A. W. DO LAND,
(SrrrKPOK TO DOLVND i SMITH,)
DEIS, PATENT ffllBICIIES,
Wall. Paper, Toilet Articles,
PA-INTS 'UPDOfL-S,
inc., inc., Kic.
Best Of Goods -And .Low -Prices,
:;b; vli -
Mil. SMITH will still b-eTdunTJat the
old -tand.and will make prescrip
tions a speci.iltv; a- heretofore.
101-x-
Dr. A:HEESTTZ,
l liiciis. Wl
Fine Soa.gsyBr!as3ies,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
PhysiciqnsJPnscrtptionsCaf6fulhj
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I
Compounded.
One. dooiv JLIuht-or CJsil ley's, on
Elevontli Stroet,
COLUMBUS.
XEURASKA
KT
MEiSS & SADDLES
laniel Fauectte,
Jlanufaetuier and Dealer in
Harness,' Mlesr Bridles, -and Collars,
keeps con-tanlly on hand all kinds of
whip-.. Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, fiu-hes, llridle Hits, Spurs,
Card-. Harness made to order. Kc
pairinjr done on short notice.
NEBRASKA AVENUE, Columbus.
'o3.4.
BECKER &. WELCH,
PE0PHIEI0ES OF
SHELL CBEEE MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERSIN
FLOUR AN.D MEAL.
OFFJCJE, COLpJI B TJ$; XEB.
WM. BECKER,,
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)Di:ALKIt IXf
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Grain, Produce;-Etc;t
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GouaGoOuSunflfairBalini.
9f.
NEW STORE; NEW GOODS.
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Jbxtr
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anyiciicrein the city.
North of Foundry. S7 1
G-'RG'GERIEd
i,i J-.J. V. i-J-M' 1-L.1 J-
FIVE MOTHERS-IN-LAW.
Most husbands and wives, if wc
may credit all they say, find it diffi
cult to live in the samo house wjth
a mother-in-law, but old Sol B "
(as Iioavus. commonly called) of Bos
ton, dwelt iu pcac.e.aud comfort for
several years witlt five ladies bear
ing that relation to him.
"When I first knew the old gcntlc
mau he appeared to be about fifty,
but was in toality sixty-oiyht, and
had a charmin; wife wJio .was .then
twenty-six, and two lovely children,
a boy and a girl, one seven the other
five. His children by his first wife
were all married, and some of his
grandchildren were also married,
and, tliemselvc, had children older'
than Mr. Ij 's two youngest.
On the first day of my visit at his
pleasant home not many miles from
Boston, as I look my place at the
dinner (able wilh Mrs. , I vas
surprised to see five old ladies come
into the room together and lo be in
troduced lo each ol them in succes
sion as follows: "My own mother,
Mrs. B , senior; my next mother;
Mrs. Henry; my third mother, Mr..
James; my fourth mother, Mrs.
William; my fifth mother, Mrs.
John."'
"Mrs. B-
scnior,"' who seemed
the youngest of the old ladie, laugh
ed aloud at my look of cousterna
lion a melodious laugh for one of
years and every one smiled but Mr.
B , who invoked the blessing
with his usual air and led the table
talk on different topics. That cven-
ingin the parlor young Mrs. B
gave us some music, and the old
ladies retired early, one after the
other, the "own mother" going at
last, when sho was tenderly assisted
up the stairs by her son.
On his return Mr. B said to me
with a smile of amusement :
"I see that you are, as the ladies
say, 'dying "to know' what all this
n.cans. I purposely diiLnot tell you
that I have five mothers-in-law,bc-cause
I like to see the cflect prpdtic
ed by my household on other pe.oplc.
You, for instance, live so differently,
all aione,- how do wc appear to you ?"
''Harmonious and happy; but I
have seen you together only a very
short tims. What is your every day
experience?"
"Much the same, especially since
my doar.wife came into our house
hold. I had all the old ladies when
she arrived."
"But where did you'get them all ;
they cannot all belong to you?"
"Yes, every one of them. I have
four mothers-in-law, and as my own
mother is my wife's mother-in-law,
of course, thirl makes five mothers-in-law
in our house. Now as my
wife is just going to her little one's
nursery, I will tell yon about my old
ladies. w
"WhcuI married my first wife
her mother, who was a widow, came
lo live with us. She was a good
creature, and had seen pretty hard
times, having. .supported herself y
school teaching and sewing for sev-(
oral year?, and s'he seemed to great
ly appreciate my comfortable home
I was always a thriving man of
business. So one day I said to her,
'Xow, mother, there is no reason
why you shouldn't make your home
with us always while you live. You
can bring your own furniture, if you
choose, or jou need not; the room
you now occupy shall be your own
always, and besides what -my wife
may do I will give you fifty dollars
a year for yofir clothes (that was an
ample sum for a woman to "have-all
to herself in those times'). You can
teach if you wish to, or do anything
pIko In p.irn mnnpvlf vmi tuisb tn.
you will always be welcome to, our
table and parlor, or, if you prefer
you can coofc for'Vou'rself in your
own room. Only- one ihing I will
exact ,-iu return you- must never
makcany mis'chTpf nor qiiarrcl with
anybody. in myjiouse about any
thing. And if sometimes you are
displeased you must go to your
room and pout it out all alone and
only join us again w)icnv you feel
pleasant. For I won't be worried,
and least pf all will L have my" wife
worried by any one. Now, mother,
what do you s.iy ?" 4 , .
She only said; "Yon are "af good
manSolomon B- anc the AU
mighty-will reward 'you, and I'lhank
you from the bottom of nTy heart. 1
will do my part'." ' . ,
.So I never -had any trouble with
her. "Wc all lived together twenty
years and, then my wife had an aU
tack of pneumonja and 'died and
soon after that- ray own mother was
left a widow and came tOjlivc.wifh
me. My 'mother, is" oniv, sixteen
.. ... '; -.."
jliv - lv and.firaarth0 seemerd-quite
like a youtigerisjer tqnotheren
ry, and they got on.casily together.
But aftcra iiHf.faHeii4hVcii!JdTfen
were all about gcowp, I.got so lone
some lhat-1 coaxed a real nice, sen-
siWcMa'dy orfbila'delphrhn6thW
some but just as' good as gold, to
marry mc. I told her all "about my
old ladies and found sho had two
mothers living with her, her own
mother and her husband's mother.
They had neither of- them any prop
erty, but she owned a house and took
boarders yyt to support thorn all.
"Well; I made the san!pr6position(
to her old ladles that I.hfid tnado to,
my inothaCibi-lawand-Uiey both
agreed. Then I weut homo and
built an addition to my house and
soon brought my second wife and
her mothers there. "We had some
occasional pouting at first, but I al
ways held two points without yield
ing I was the master2 iu my own
hoi-ae and would never Yet anybody
i i ' ' . -.
worry my wjue, too, jpratiy. soou,
my four-in-hand learned' to travel
smoothly together. -
"Ah, me! Hooked forward to a
happy old ag'e with put dear wile,
but in two;c;wd she was killed by
a railroad accident. I wn? with her
on 'the ir.iin -and was' badly hurt)
lyi.ng for weeks in a state pf uncon
sciousness. When I recovered my
dear wife's grave was green. I felt
so bad and mv health was so poor
that did not care for a woman
again until my children were all
married and was left alone with my
four old ladies. Then I met a pretty
little romantic widow, who was "so
sorry" for jnc! She wrote poetry
and painled-piclureva'Hl'was dying
all the time with consumption that
scourge of our city; and-' I thought
as she had a strugglo to take care of
herself and her husband's mother, I
would smooth her passage to the
"So I married her and'her mother
I mean well, you know what I
mean. I treated her mother-in-law
just as I did the other old ladies, and
that wife lived seven years after all.
J. 'made her so'happy that she adored
me, and we had the sweetest baby
you eveiSttwr'01i7wKaf a lovely
creature that child was a littlo
angel ! She lived only tlu-ee years,
and then faded away. But I have
several beautiful pictures of her,
painted by her mother."
"And did you have any trouble
with that mother-in-law?"
"Not while her daughter-in-law
lived; she was always taking care
of her sick child and grandchild.
But when Emma was gone and all
hCcmed-rquieU'ngain,"the-"Old lady
wanted to marry mo!"
"What! Emma's mother-in-law?"
"Yes. Sho was a handsome wo
man still, and she knew It, about my
age, and no relation whatever; so
sho det her Cap at me."
"And that made a commotion in
the house?" '
"Well, yes. Yes it did; I never
knew my mother to get in a real
rage till then.' Shewis mad! She
told me to ;b' right off'and get a
young wife--lh"iTyouijger the better!
Then I got mad! I stormed away
at all my old ladies together; threat
ened to'brcak up house-keeping and
turn them out upon the world, away
from the pleasant home which they
had enjoyed s'o long that they really
believed to be theirs. Finally I de
clared I would leave them in it, to
fight like Kilkenny cats, while I
would live at a hotel n the city.
And I kept my word. I lived at oue
hotel after anqJherbutoUways went
home on Saturdays to go to church
the next morning as usual, and take
my; old ladie3 for a drive in the
afternoon as, usual, so that the neigh
bors .would not be gossiping about
"Hoy? good they were to me then !
They lived together like a nest of
kittens! But my mother assured
mc that peace would not Jast long if
I lived at home without a wife; bo
when I'meta'preUy- litf)eorpban
girl who had not a relativo in tho
world I told her all about my affairs,
and the sweet creature with teare of
pity in her eyes consented to marry
mc land be good to my'dld ladies.
And'fshe ha's: kept' hcrJWjofd, both
letter and'epirit, and lam thankful
that' life1 has given me 80 many
blessmg8!" c
Just theu tho young Mrs. B '
returned aud. though I "observed
through the c7Bing'thaMher hus
band she was more of a beloved and
loving daughter than ofa wife, yet
she appeared -moro serehel happy
than any woman I'eyer Tememb'er
to have seen. '' -.
This Btory isfrdm life excepting
that I have changed the names. Sol
B- ' has'heetijdcad sonteycars the
will he left was as just aud manly
as his other acts ' .
"Mamma," said' a wicketl 'yjouiig
Btef, Vara T ypuf catoe?'" "No, my
child why do yo6 'asTi'?" "Ob, ,be:
cau-je, youalwaya 6ay ypu'likp to
see people paddle their own canoe,;
?ind f didn't know but may be I was
yours." The .boy went ouf of Jhe
dobrfwith'more reference to speed I
Ithao grace.
Tho Kind Heart of Abraham
LIhcoIu.
i -
From the newly published "Life
of Abraham Liucoln," issued by G.
P. Putnam's Sons and written by
Charles Godfrey Lcland, wc extract
the following interesting reminis
cences of the martyred President :
"It was characteristic of the boy
that his first essays, iu composition,
were against cruelty to animals.
His mates were in the habit of
catching the land terrapins or tor
toises, and putting live coals upou
their backs to mako them walk,
which greatly annoyed young Abra
ham. All who know him in boy
hood or in later life bear witness
that his tenderness was equal to his
calm courage" rind his tremendous
physical strength.
- At New Orleans (in 1831), Liucoln
first saw negroes chained, maltreat
ed and whipped. It made a deep
impression on his humane mind;
and years after, he often declared
that witnessing this cruelty first in
duced him to think slavery wrong.
Any poor person in distress for
want of legal aid could always find
a zealous friend iu Liucoln. On one
occasion a poor old negro woman
came to him and Mr. IIerndoii,com-
plaiuing that her son had been im
piisoned al New Orleans for simply
going in his ignorance ashore, there
by breaking a disgraceful law which
then existed forbidding free men of
color from other States to enter
Louisiana. Having been condemn
ed to, pay a fine the poor man was
about to be sold for a slave. Messrs.
Lincoln and Hcrndon finding law of
no avail, ransomed the prisoner out
of their own pockols.
MtvLincoln was of so gentle a
disposition that he seldom refused
to sign a pardon, and a weeping
widow or orphan could always in
duce him to pardon the worst male
factors. The manner in which be
would mingle his humorous fancies
not only with serious business, but
wilh almost tragic incidents was
very peculiar. Once a poor old
man from Tennessee called to bog
for the life of his son who was un
der sentence of death for destruc
tion. He showed his papers, and
the President taking them kindly
said he would examine them and
answer the applicaut the next day.
The old man in an agony of anxiety,
with tears streaming, cried, "To
morrow will be too late! My son
is under sentence of death. It must
be done new, or not at all!" The
President looked sympathetically in
the old man's face, took him by the
hands and pensively said: "That
puts mfc in mind of a little story.
Wait a bit. I'll tell it: Once Gen.
Fisk, of Missouri, was a colonel.and
he despised swearing. "When he
raised his reginlent in Missouri ho
hproposcd to his men that he should
do all the profanity in it. They
agreed, and for a long time not a
solitary's wear was heard among
them; but there was an old team
ster named John Todd, who one
day when driving his mules over a
very bad road and finding them un
usually obstinate could not restrain
himself, aud burst into a tremen
dous display of ground and lofty
swearing. This was overheard by
the Colonel, who at once brought
John to book. 'Didn't you promise
he said, indignantly, 'that I was to
do all the swearing of the regi
ment?' Ycs, I did, Colonel,' he
replied, 'but the truth is, the swear
ing had to be done then, or not at
all,and you weren't there to do it.'
"Well," continued Mr. Lincoln, as
he took up a pen, "it seems that this
pardon has to be done now, or not
at all, like Todd's swearing; and for
fear of a mistake," he added, with a
kindly twinkle iu his eye, "I guess
we'll do it at once." Saying this, he
wrote a few lines which caused the
old man to shed more tears when he
read theuvfor it contained-the par
don of his son
Holland tells me .that in a letter
to him a friend of the President
wrote:. "I "called on him iu the
earlier part of the war. lie had
just written. a pardon for a young
man'wbo had been sentenced to be
shot for sleeping at his post as sen
tinel." -He remarked as he read it
to me,"I could not think of going
intoeter'nity with tho blood of that
poor youfng man on my skirts."
Therr.he.addcdf."It is not to be won
dered at;4bat a boy raised on a farm,
probablyiatuG.-habit-of..going" to
bed at dark, should, when required
to. watch, fall asleep, and L cannot
consent to shoot him for such an
act." This story baa a touching
continuation in the fact that Ike
dead body of the youth was found
among the slain on tho field of
Fredericksburg, wearing next his
heart a photograph of tho great
President, beneath which was writ
ten, "Gofl" bless President Lincoln."
Once when a general went lo"Wash
mgton to urge the execution of
twenty-four deserters, believing that
tho army was in ..danger from the
frequency of desertion, President
Lincoln replied: "General, there arc
already too many weeping widows
iu the United States. For God's
sake don't ask me to add to the
uuraber, for I won't do it."
Mr. Lincoln was very ingenious
in tiuding reasons for being merci
ful. On one occasion, a young
soldier who had shown himself very
brave in war, aud had been severely
wounded, after a lime deserted. Bo
ing recaptured he was under sen
tence of death and President Liu
coln was, of course, petitioned for
his pardon. Tho President mused
solemnly, until a happy thought
struck him. "Did you say ho was
ouce badly pounded ?" ho asked of
the applicant for the pardon. "He
was." "Then, as the Scripture says,
. .1. -i 1 1. , . . . .
in mc sucuuiug oi uioou is mo re
mission of sins,' I guc3S we'll haro
to let him off this time."
Whatever may be said of Liucoln,
he was always simply and truly a
good men. He was a good father to
his children, aud a good President
to the people, whom he loved as if
they had been his children.
His inaugural address," short but
remarkable for vigor and a very
conciliatory spirit," coulaiuod these
memorable words: "With malice
towards no oue, with charity for all,
with firmness in the right at God
gives us to do the right, let us strive
on to finish the worlc we are" in, to
bind up the nation's wounds, to care
for him who shall have borne the
battle, and for his widow and his
orphans; to do all which may
achieve aud chei'ib a just and last
ing peace among ounolTes and with,
all nations."
A School-.Httntcr an n RIh
.Master..
In Edward Egglcston's paper on
"Some Western School-raasterB,"
published in the March Scribner,
occurs this anecdote of school disci
pline in Indiana, in the old times :
To a nervou3 child the old disci
pline was, indeed, very terrible. The
long beech switches hanging on the
hooks against the wall haunted mc
night and day, from the time I en
tered one of the old schools. And
whenever there came an outburst be
tween master and pupils, the tho't
less child o'ffen got the beating that
should have fallen upon the malic
ious mischief-maker. As tho master
was always quick to fly into a pas
sion, the fun-loving boys were al
ways happy to stir him up. It was
an exciting sport like bull-baiting,
or like poking sticks through a fence
at a cross dog. Sometimes the fero
cious master showed an ability on
his own part to get some fun out of
the conflict, as when on one occas
ion in a school in Ohio, the boys
were forbidden to 'attend a circus.
Five or six of them went, in spite of
the prohibition. The next morning
the school-master called them out in
the floor and addressed them :
"So you went to the circuo, did
you ?"
"Yes sir."
"Well the others did not get a
chance to see the circus. I want
you boys to show them what Ulook
ed like, and how theliorscs galloped
around the ring. You will join
your hands in a circle about the
stove. Now start!'-
With that ho began whipping
them, as they trotted around and
around the stove. This story U told,
I bolieve, in a little volume of
"Sketches," by Erwin House, now
long forgotten, like many other good
books of the "Western literature of a
generation ago. I think the author
was one of the boys who "played
horse" in the master's circus.
The revision of the Bible, now
nearly completed, has been a very
expensive work. There are fifty
two members of the committee, and
and these meet for five days in every
three weeks. No salary is 'paid to
any one of them, but they are al
lowed their travelling and inn ex
penses. These, with other items,
will bring the cost of the first edi
tion of the Revised Bible, as esti
mated by tho University Press Com
pany, which is responsible for it, to
about $200,000 and-consequently it
has been determined to sell the first
few copies at a high price. The new
Bible will receive no "authoriza
tion" either from .Parliament or
convocation. It has Icon discover
ed incidentally during the sittings
of the committee that the so-called
authorized version never was in fact
authorized either ecclesiastically or
politically. It madp its way by its
own merits, and the reyised Bible is
expected to do the same.
Carefulness is juit as natural to
the heart of a man in strong health
as color to bis cheek J and wherever
there is habitual gloom there mast
be either bad air. "unwholesome
food, improperly severe labor, or
erring habits, of life Htukitu j
Advice to YeaBg LndIe9.
John Buskin gives the following
advice te young ladies: ,4In order
to investigate oneself, it is well to
find out what oue is now. Don't
think vaguoly about it. Take pen
and paper and write down as accu
rate a description of yourself as3is
possible; and, if you dare not, find
out why you dare not, and try and
get strength of heart enough to look
yourself in the face, mind us welLas
body. Always have two mirrors on
your dressing-table, and with proper
care dress mind and body at the same
time. Put your best intelligence to
finding out what you are good for
and what you can be made into. The
mere resolve not to be useless aad
tho honest do.-iire to help other peo
ple wilL iu the quickest aud most
delicate way, improve oneself. All
accomplishments should be consid
ered as means of assisting others.
In music get the voice disciplined
and clear, aud think onlyofKccnr
acy ; expression aud effect will take
care of themselves. So in drawing ;
learn to set down tho right share of
anything, nnd thereby explain its
character to auotner person ; but, if
you try only to nuke, showy draw
ings for praise, or pretty onos for
amusement, your drawing will have
little or no real interest for you and
no educational power. Resolve fo
do each day sqmething useful in the
vulgar sense. Learn the economy
of the kitchen, the gooand bad
qualities of every coinmou article of
food, .and the simplest aud beat
modes of their preparation; help
poorer 'families, in their coQkiugj
show them how to mako as much of
every thing.as possible, find how to
make little nice ; coaxing and-tempting
them into tidy andm-elly ways,
and pleading for well-folded table
cloths, however coarse, and forra
flower or two out of the garden to
strew on them. One should at (ho
end of every day be ablo to say, as
proudly as any peasant, that she has
not eaten the bread of idleness. Get
quit of the absurd idea that Heaven
will interfere to correct great errors,
while allowing its laws to take their
own course in punishing small one.:.
If food is carelessly prepared, no one
expects Providence to make it palat
able; neither, if through years of
folly you misguide your "own life,
need you expect divine interference
to bring aronnd everything at last
for .the best. I tell you -positively
the world ia not so constituted. The
consequences of great mistakes are
just as sure, as those of small ones,
and the happiness of jour whole
life, and of all the lives over which
you have power, depends as literally
on your common sense and discre
Hon as the excellence and order of
the feast of a day."
Be a Geodllaa, Papa.
A poet, many years ago, wrote
that" A babe in a house is a well
spring of pleasure." The inflsenee
of a dear littlo child over the heart
of a father, it is impossible to esti
mate. The editor of Iht Christian
expressesitin the following incident.
Leaving home this morning for
the office, we kissed our little four
year old good-bye, saying to him
"Be a good boy." He someWSjat sur
prised us by replying. "I will. Be
a good man, papa.' Sure enough, we
thought, we need the exhortation
more than he. And who could give
it more effectually than this guileless
prattler? Tho words ef the little
preacher have been ringing in our
ears all day, and whether we wrote
letters or editorials, pacified tin Irate
correspondent whose effusions we
could not publish, or pruned dowa
a too lengthy report, we seemed to
hear the sweet child voice saying.
"Bo a good man, papa." If the ex
hortation had been by Paul or Peter,
would it have had more force than
coming from this little apostle of
innocence? Wc think not, at lea9tf
to onr heart. Oh! how many little
children, if not in words, yet by the
helplessness of their lives, and the
trustfulness, or their Hearts, are
pleading most eloquently, "Papa, be
a good mabl'r Slay" their teaderl
admonition be blessed of God te the
rescuing of many precious sbnli
fron the wreck and'ruia of snafai
lives.
Mr. W. H. Riland, who bow keeps
a store in (the city of Reading, was
wouaded-in one of the battles oflhe
last war. It took him a long while
to get well from bis wouRdKaad he
passed the tedious hours terticgap
in bed and whittling on peach ker
nels with a small penknife. He cob
eluded one day tojnake.aea-seteot
of the kernels. He whittled est one
of the tiniest, cutest .sets of dishes in
the world a tea-pot, enps, sneers.
sugar-bowl, and everything, even to
kn:ves and forks. He has the set
still, and thooeh be baa been offered
las high as HO for it, saya tkat fee
will Reverse!! it foraayprls.